Gallman named to 2015 Doak Walker Watch List |
Clemson, S.C.—Clemson sophomore running back Wayne Gallman has been named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List for 2015. The Doak Walker Award is presented each year to the top running back in college football. The award will be presented December 10 at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Atlanta, GA.
Gallman is one of five ACC running backs on the list. The others are James Connor of Pittsburgh, Mike Dayes of NC. State, Jon Hilliman of Boston College and Shaquille Powell of Duke. Gallman was Clemson’s top rusher last year with 769 yards on 161 carries, a 4.8 average. The native of Loganville, Ga. also scored four touchdowns and had 24 receptions for 108 yards and a score. Gallman finished strong with 571 yards over his last six games, an average of 95 yards per game. That included a 191-yard performance against South Carolina in the regular season finale, the second most rushing yards by a Clemson player against the Gamecocks. He also had 101 yards rushing against Syracuse and 106 at Wake Forest. No Clemson player has won the Doak Walker Award. C.J. Spiller as a finalist in 2009. 2015 Doak Walker Award preseason candidates Leon Allen (Sr.), Western Kentucky Devontae Booker (Sr.), Utah Matt Breida (Jr.), Georgia Southern Brandon Burks (Sr.), Troy Jordan Canzeri (Sr.), Iowa Tra Carson (Sr.), Texas A&M Nick Chubb (So.), Georgia Corey Clement (Jr.), Wisconsin Alex Collins (Jr.), Arkansas James Conner (Jr.), Pittsburgh Marcus Cox (Jr.), Appalachian State Justin Davis (Jr.), USC Matt Dayes (Jr.), North Carolina State Kenneth Dixon (Sr.), Louisiana Tech Ezekiel Elliott (Jr.), Ohio State Kenneth Farrow (Sr.), Houston Josh Ferguson (Sr.), Illinois Tarean Folston (Jr.), Notre Dame Leonard Fournette (So.), LSU Jarvion Franklin (So.), Western Michigan Royce Freeman (So.), Oregon Wayne Gallman (So.), Clemson Michael Gordon (Sr.), Arkansas State Johnathan Gray (Sr.), Texas Aaron Green (Sr.), TCU Travis Greene (Sr.), Bowling Green Russell Hansbrough (Sr.), Missouri Derrick Henry (Jr.), Alabama Jon Hilliman (So.), Boston College Jordan Howard (Jr.), Indiana Kareem Hunt (Jr.), Toledo LaJuan Hunt (So.), Utah State Darius Jackson (Sr.), Eastern Michigan Don Jackson (Sr.), Nevada Justin Jackson (So.), Northwestern Paul James (Sr.), Rutgers Devon Johnson (Sr.), Marshall Aaron Jones (Jr.), UTEP Daniel Lasco (Sr.), California Ray Lawry (So.), Old Dominion Shock Linwood (Jr.), Baylor Robert Lowe (Sr.), Texas State Akeel Lynch (Jr.), Penn State Marlon Mack (So.), South Florida Tre Madden (Sr.), USC Christian McCaffrey (So.), Stanford Elijah McGuire (Jr.), Louisiana-Lafayette Samaje Perine (So.), Oklahoma Paul Perkins (Jr.), UCLA Christian Powell (Sr.), Colorado Shaquille Powell (Sr.), Duke Donnel Pumphrey (Jr.), San Diego State Demario Richard (So.), Arizona State Ashton Shumpert (Jr.), Mississippi State William Stanback (Jr.), UCF Chris Swain (Sr.), US Navy Anthone Taylor (Sr.), Buffalo Jahad Thomas (Jr.), Temple Shane Tucker (Jr.), Middle Tennessee Thomas Tyner (Jr.), Oregon Marteze Waller (Sr.), Fresno State DeAndre Washington (Sr.), Texas Tech Dwayne Washington (Jr.), Washington Ralph Webb (So.), Vanderbilt Shaun Wick (Sr.), Wyoming Brandon Wilds (Sr.), South Carolina Jamaal Williams (Sr.), BYU Jonathan Williams (Sr.), Arkansas Nick Wilson (So.), Arizona
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